Posted on November 21, 2016     |     Firm News, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A former Orange County teacher has been convicted of child exploitation after prosecutors said he traveled to the Philippines to have sex with young girls and videotaped the encounters. For more information and the whole story, go to: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Former-SoCal-Teacher-Convicted-Exploitation-Visited-Philippines-Sex-401931146.html

Posted on November 14, 2016     |     Assault, Firm News, Rape

An Uber driver from Huntington Beach has been charged with raping an unconscious 17-year-old female passenger near her Laguna Beach home. For more information and the whole story, go to: https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-uber-rape-20161110-story.html

Posted on November 12, 2016     |     Firm News

HESPERIA — As a school district police officer here, Mayor Bill Holland fell under his boss’ scrutiny for purportedly destroying evidence while leading the investigation into claims that an Oak Hills High School freshman football player had been subjected to sexual hazing, the Daily Press has learned. For more information and the whole story, go… read more

Posted on November 11, 2016     |     Assault, Firm News, Sexual Abuse

The founder of 19 sober-living facilities in Southern California and Colorado was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting more than a dozen female patients as well as defrauding insurers in an elaborate $176-million scheme, authorities said. For more information and the whole story, go to: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chris-bathum-sexual-assault-arrest-20161110-story.html

Posted on October 13, 2016     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Public School Abuse, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Coleman Pickell, a walk-on boys water polo coach at University High School in Irvine, California, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor female student. At this stage, Irvine Police have released few details, however it is known that Pickell is 23 years old. For more information and the whole story, go to:… read more

Posted on September 30, 2016     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Public School Abuse, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A second student has come forwarded and filed suit against Hesperia Unified School District, alleging that there exists a culture of sexual hazing on the Oak Hills High School football team. The Plaintiff, an 18-year-old known in court filings as John KZ Doe, is the second victim of hazing at the school to come forward… read more

Posted on September 16, 2016     |     Firm News

Derek Nishimoto, a 48-year-old drum line coach at Mount Whitney High School in Visalia, has been arrested upon suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a high school student. Mount Whitney High is in the Visalia Unified School District. Nishimoto has volunteered there since 2010. For more information and the whole story, go to: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-drumline-band-teacher-arrested-visalia-20160912-snap-story.html

Posted on September 13, 2016     |     Assault, Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, John Manly, Lewd acts, Public School Abuse, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

ESPN’s Outside The Lines has pointed its spotlight at the epidemic of hazing in high school sports. The investigative piece features an interviews with attorneys from Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, and focuses on the case of one of the firm’s clients, who has sued Hesperia Unified School District following a horrific incident of violent sexual… read more

Posted on August 26, 2016     |     Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Los Angeles, Molestation, Pedophile, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Benjamin Lawson Adams, the entertainment attorney who was recently arrested upon suspicion of engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor, has pled not guilty. Adams was charged with three counts of lewd acts upon a child, oral copulation of a person under 16, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count… read more

Posted on August 4, 2016     |     Firm News

The mayor of Stockton, Anthony Silva, has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after investigators found audio and video on his cell phone taken during what appears to be a strip poker game with minors. One of the children in the video is a 16-year-old boy. The video was taken in Silva’s bedroom. Before… read more